Three more police commissioners for Ondo election

Three additional police commissioners have been posted to Ondo State specially for today’s governorship election,the State Police boss,Mr Mohammed Ndabawa announced yesterday.

Mr.Ndabawa himself was deployed to the state only on Wednesday for the polls.

He had earlier been joined by a Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) and two Assistant Inspectors General.

In all 11000 policemen from the rank and file will be on duty during the election.

Mr.Ndabawa told reporters yesterday that the newly posted police commissioners will co-ordinate security in each of the senatorial districts in the state.

The move,according to him,is to ensure a free and fair election.

He said there will be police presence in every part of the state and warned those planning violence to shelve any such plan.

He said police orderlies attached to political office holders have been withdrawn as a measure of police impartiality.

He said: “We are urging politicians to display the spirit of maturity. We don’t want to see anyone distributing money.There will be no selling of food, no fishing, no hunting.

“ I commend the General Officer Commanding [GOC] who has already ordered his men to shoot hoodlums who resist arrest.

“You are not expected to wear any cloth that has your party logo. I am repeating this again: any politician who goes to polling centre with security men, those officers will be arrested, and prosecuted. You are not expected to wait at the polling units after voting.After you might have cast your vote, kindly go back home and wait patiently for the announcement of the result”.

Security has been beefed up in all parts of Akure, the state capital with soldiers deployed in strategic parts of the town.